Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
Thank you again for being here today. I too was looking forward to this meeting and to hearing more about this project.
In keeping with the government's commitment in 2010 to promote economic growth through innovation, this program was launched, and your year one is coming to an end. You have another year of the pilot project.
You mentioned that you're in your first year, so no products have reached completion; is that correct?
You also mentioned that you do procurement testing and that typically these products are ready to go to commercialization. How long does that take? You mentioned five to ten years, but at what point are you procuring these products for testing, and how long will it take for you to know whether or not they will be successful? And how many of the funded projects are expected to be successful?